Merging Aerial Maps

Merging
Aerial
Maps (Rasters)
As
a
note,
for
this
instruction
the
aerials
have
a
“sid”
file
extension
1. First
make
sure
the
aerials
are
projected
and
georeferenced.
Then
add
each
aerial
to
the
ArcMap
layout.
This
map
has
3
aerials
2. Open
your
Toolbox
(red
toolbox
icon)
and
click
on
Data
Management
Tools
>
Raster
>
Create
Raster
Dataset.
The
text
box
below
will
pop
up:
3.
4.
5.
6.
In
the
text
box
fill
out
the
following
and
then
click
OK.
Output
Location
–
the
folder
name
you
would
like
to
save
the
merged
aerial
in
Raster
Dataset
Name
with
Extension
–
name
of
merged
aerial
and
make
sure
you
place
the
file
extension
on
it
(a
common
one
to
use
is
jpg)
Cellsize
–
can
leave
blank
Pixel
Type
–
leave
alone
Spatial
Reference
for
Raster
–
can
leave
blank
Number
of
Bands
–
type
in
the
number
of
bands
that
show
up
in
the
individual
aerials.
In
this
case
the
aerials
have
3
bands,
so
the
number
of
bands
for
the
new
raster
dataset
will
be
3.
The
new
raster
dataset
should
show
up
in
your
Table
of
Contents.
Once
the
new
raster
is
created
go
back
to
the
Data
Management
Tools.
This
time
go
to
the
Raster
–
Mosaic
Another
text
box
will
appear.
Fill
out
the
following
and
click
OK
Input
Rasters
–
Aerials
you
want
to
merge
Target
Raster
–
the
raster
you
just
created
7. The
tool
should
execute
and
you
will
have
a
merged
aerial
that
is
georeferenced
as
shown
below:
**
The
black
box
is
typical
to
fill
in
blank
spaces
between
aerials.
Since
the
image
is
a
jpg,
the
black
pace
can
be
cropped
out.